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Women and the United Nations

A guide to public investments in the care economy: Policy support tool for estimating care deficits, investment costs, and economic returns | Digital library: Publications

This policy support tool was developed in the framework of the UN Women and International Labour Organization (ILO) Joint Programme…

Women and the United Nations

COVID-19 and the care economy: Immediate action and structural transformation for a gender-responsive recovery | Digital library: Publications

This brief presents emerging evidence on the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on the care economy. Complementing a separate UN…

Education & Skill Building

Transformative skill initiative boosts employability of educated youth in India’s State of Kerala

Hunched over their computer screens with newspapers scattered on their desks, a group of girl students is animatedly discussing the…

Education & Skill Building

UN Women’s Oasis Program tackles gendered poverty in Jordan

In 2016, U.N. Women reported that the majority of women living in Jordan were unemployed, with only 19% of Jordanian…

Advocacy & Policy

6 Organisations Fighting to Help Women & Girls in Africa Have Better Periods

When Fatima* got her first period, she was terrified. She had seen the girls in her class miss school during…

Global Perspectives

Sweet Success for a Woman in Colombia’s Sugar Sector

In Colombia, women working in agriculture often face hazardous conditions, long hours, gender discrimination, and even gender-based violence or sexual…

Education & Skill Building

From Where I Stand: “We cannot talk about sustainable development without gender equality and inclusive education.”

Ayşe Yorgancıoğlu is an academician based in Istanbul. She is also a gender equality advocate and a member of the…

Women in Politics

8 Inspirational Emirati Women to Look Up to

Sarah Al-Amiri, Minister of Advanced Sciences. Photographed by Ziga Mihelcic The WILL Summit will return this year in a new digital format,…

Inspirational Quotes & Stories

Words Matter: Quotes From 2021’s Most Influential Filipina Women

I have never belonged to a sorority. I thought about rushing in college, but never pursued the path of “Greek…

Change Makers

Maria Kolesnikova: An activist from Kyrgyzstan leading the eco-movement and spreading green values

Originally published on UN Women’s regional website for Europe and Central Asia Maria Kolesnikova, 32, is the director of MoveGreen,…

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